Trace: Book Guide, Author and Facts
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Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago.In Trace, Scarpetta travels to Richmond, Virginia, at the odd behest of the recently appointed Chief Medical Examiner, who claims that he needs her help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in the final stages of demolition; the inept chief isn't the one who requested her after all; her old assistant chief has developed personal problems that he won't reveal; and a glamorous FBI agent, whom Marino dislikes instantly, meddles with the case.Deprived of assistance from colleagues Benton and Lucy, who are embroiled in what first appears to be an unrelated attempted rape by a stalker, Scarpetta is faced with investigating the death of a fourteen-year-old girl, working with the smallest pieces
Quick facts about Trace
- Title: Trace
- Author: Patricia Cornwell
- First published: 1529
- Genre: fiction, kay scarpetta (fictitious character), teenage girls
- OpenLibrary ID: OL134371W
Where to read Trace
Trace by Patricia Cornwell is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.
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